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[dragnmastralex]

I don't have an actual picture all I can provide is a sketch and a description sorry. I am trying hard to locate a toy I had back in the 80's.

they were deformation transforming cars that turned into a robot a series of rev up push cars that worked on inertia momentum that was about 8 inches long that had a wide button on the front. they would take off and when they hit something the front button got pushed and they would pop up and transform into a robot. they would then change direction as the wheels of the vehicle became the robot's feet and touched together reversing the movement so it would return to the person that pushed it.

i don't remember the brand, title, or company that sold them I just know it wasn't a transformer or hotwheels product it was something like tonka or kenner or another name but I don't remember. I know there are cheap versions that do this and a remote control version that doesn't have the button on the market today but they aren't the same thing and aren't nearly as cool as the versions I use to have because it came back to you after it transformed.

 

imagine Transformers Battlechargers but they were not pull back and release they were inertia and they didn't auto transformed the button on the front had to be pressed and when the button was pressed the robot faced you and came back.

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Edited by dragnmastralex, 13 May 2021 - 09:18 AM.

[plasticfiend]

This is seriously on the tip of my tongue... I've tried googling and not had any luck.  Sorry I couldn't be more help!!!

 

Hopefully someone else here can chime in!

PF

[benkobiman]

Do these look familiar?

found on ebay,  looks like it has a button on the front and no batteries...

 

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[dragnmastralex]

Do these look familiar?

found on ebay,  looks like it has a button on the front and no batteries...

 

very similar but not quite the ones I remember. they folded almost in half and the arms popped out from the bottom they weren't the hood of the vehicle. it looks like they use the same idea of the wheels touching to reverse direction though so you are on the right track.  the ones on ebay have plastic wheels too, the ones I'm talking about had solid rubber tires. they both use the same lever on the bottom that makes the front wheels come down to touch the back wheels and reverse its direction that's about the only thing that makes them identical though.

EDIT: okay so after seeing what you linked I did more digging and I found them yes the car versions do have the arms above their heads I remember it different cause i had both a car and truck and the truck version has the arms that come out from the sides. but the USA version has the full solid rubber tires. 

they are caled ERTL POW-R-TRONS here is one in the original package.

Edited by dragnmastralex, 19 May 2021 - 04:40 AM.

[benkobiman]

Very cool!  this site has a bit of release history,  origins,  and some pics of different models.  I dig the knight rider one!

 

http://the-liberator...rtrons-ertl.htm